Stephanie2: An AI that texts with human-like timing
Texting with AI can feel off—messages arrive in odd bursts with no real “thinking” pauses. Stephanie2 changes that.
- Decides to send or wait: At every step, it chooses to message now or hold, like a human pausing to think.
- Natural timing: It models delay as thinking time + typing time, adapting pace to the conversation.
- Better evaluation: A time-window dual-agent setup generates realistic chat histories for human and automatic tests.
Results: Stephanie2 outperforms Stephanie1 on naturalness and engagement, and more often passes a role-identification Turing test—people have a harder time telling it’s an AI.
Why it matters: more lifelike pacing can make customer support, social companions, tutoring, and team chat feel smoother and more trustworthy.
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05657
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05657v1
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